Big Events in the Philippine MT Industry The 18th E-services Philippines ‘08 February 11-12, 2008 SMX Convention Center, Roxas Boulevard, Manila The 8th e-Services Philippines: Global Sourcing Conference and Exhibition is the Department of Trade and Industry’s (DTI) annual international exhibit and conference for the ICT industry. This will be held on February 11-12, 2008 at the SMX Convention Center, Roxas Boulevard Manila. Since its inception E-services Philippines (ESP) attracted over 160 exhibitors and 2,000 conference attendees annually. This year’s e-Services is a cooperation between DTI’s Center for International Trade Expositions and Missions, THOLONS and Business Process Association of the Philippines (BPAP). With the theme, “Outsourcing Centers of Excellence,” ESP will feature outsourcing centers of excellence and emerging players and locations in the outsourcing industry. This year's conference will provide Buyers, Suppliers, Investors and Government & Trade Organizations with information and insight on best practices, emerging delivery locations, industry innovations and investment opportunities. 19th MTIA Annual Conference April 23-26, 2008 Hyatt Regency Long Beach Long Beach, California Come join the Medical Transcription Industry Association for its 19th Annual Conference in beautiful Long Beach, California. You will have a chance to network with transcription business owners, top company executives, health data capture and quality assurance experts, medical transcriptionists, and other industry professionals at our biggest event of the year! Visit close to 50 exhibit booths from vendors throughout the nation, pick from a wide variety of educational presentations and dialogue with other professionals at our nightly networking receptions. 1st Mega Transcription Job fair ‘08 Quezon City Hall Grounds June 20-21, 2008 MTIAPI through the cooperation of Quezon City local government office, Technical Education Skills Development Authority, I-Learn Center and its corporate and company sponsors shall sponsor the 1st Mega Transcription Job Fair on June 20-21, 2008 at the Quezon City Hall Grounds. Transcription is one of the IT-enabled services being promoted as a promising career for Filipinos, allowing opportunity for decent earnings without having to leave the country. Philippines currently services to only more than 1% of its international market in the United States, and hopes to achieve a bigger share by building a wide base of sufficiently qualified workforce in the country. The first ever job fair primarily focused on Transcription-related job opportunities and trainings. AHIMA 80th Annual Convention and Exhibit Seattle, Washington October 11 – 16, 2008 The 2008 AHIMA 80th Convention and Exhibit present incomparable opportunities to connect with your colleagues and learn from key leaders who influence change in health information management. Take advantage of the exceptional educational sessions, explore the exhibit hall and network with fellow HIM professionals. Join us in Seattle this October! 1st INTERCOLLEGIATE ON-THE-SPOT ESSAY WRITING CONTEST & TRANSCRIPTION SKILLS CHALLENGE CICT-NCC Bldg. Diliman, Quezon City November 25, 2008 In time for the 1st Transcription Congress spearheaded by MTIAPI this December 2-3, 2008, the association will be featuring two friendly inter-collegiate competitions geared towards gauging the English language proficiency of our college students. A contest among top NCR-based colleges and universities, the pre-congress competitions are: “On-the-Spot Essay Writing Contest” and, the “On-the-Spot English Skills Challenge”. Prizes at stake include a total cash prize of over P35,000.00, 2 laptop computers, 2 ipods, 2 cellphones, 2 printers, USB flash disks, plaques and other prizes. These events will be held on Tuesday, November 25, 2008, at 12:30 p.m. onwards at the 2/F FOO & DMAD Lab Rooms, CICT-NCC Bldg., C.P. Garcia Avenue, UP Diliman, Quezon City. 1st TRANSCRIPTION CONGRESS '08 Crown Plaza Galleria, Pasig City December 2-3, 2008 The MTIAPI Transcription Congress combines a conference featuring webcasts from foreign speakers and live presentations from industry experts, an exhibit of vendors, and a job fair for transcription professionals. There will also be a special event called the MT English Skills Challenge, which will pit finalists from various schools in a live show down. The MTIAPI led event will be held on December 2-3, 2008 at the Crowne Plaza Galleria Manila and Holiday Inn Galleria Manila in Ortigas Center, Pasig City. BPO SUMMIT PHILIPPINES Crown Plaza Galleria, Pasig City December 2-3, 2008 BPO Summit Philippines is the major annual event of the Philippine non-voice outsourcing industry. It’s a multi-format industry event with concurrent sub-sector events covering back office processing, software development, transcription, digital animation, and game development. Where can you find six of the outsourcing industry’s industry associations in a show of force for the biggest non-voice outsourcing conference, exposition, job fair, and special events? It’s only at the BPO Summit Philippines 2008, the major annual event of the Philippine non-voice outsourcing industry, which will be held on December 2-3, 2008 at the Crowne Plaza Galleria Manila and Holiday Inn Galleria Manila in Ortigas Center, Pasig City.